RALEIGH - United States Attorney George E. B. Holding
announced today that a jury in Raleigh convicted KEVIN L. GEDDINGS,
42, of St. Augustine, Florida, on five counts of honest services
mail fraud in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section
1341 and 1346. The jury returned its verdict following a three-week trial in federal court before United States District Judge
James C. Dever, III.

United States Attorney Holding stated that “the jury’s verdict
is a clear message to the people of North Carolina that public
servants may not lie to the people, may not hide the truth from the
people, and may not profit upon the people’s back. If they do so,
they violate their duty of honest services. This is not a mere
ethical lapse worthy of slap on the wrist. It is a crime. It is
a felony. It is punishable by up to twenty years in prison.”

Investigation of this case was conducted by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal
Investigation Division, the North Carolina State Bureau of
Investigation, and the United States Attorney’s Office, in
cooperation with the Wake County District Attorney’s Office.

United States Attorney Holding further stated that several
state agencies cooperated in the investigation and trial. Those
state agencies include The North Carolina Education Lottery
Commission, the North Carolina Board of Ethics, and the Office of
the Governor. Scientific Games, Inc., and its attorneys were also
very cooperative in making information and witnesses available
through out the course of the investigation and trial.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney John Stuart Bruce and Senior
Assistant United States Attorney Dennis Duffy handled the case for
the government.

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